Cirrus SR20 N161KT

Summary

On 6 May 2013 at about 16:40 local time, a Cirrus SR20 registered N161KT was involved in an accident near Staples, Minnesota, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

6 May 2013 at 16:40

Classification

Accident

Location

Staples, Minnesota, United States

Nearest airport

Staples Municipal Airport (KSAZ)

Coordinates

46.3808, -94.8067

Aircraft

Cirrus SR20

Registration

N161KT

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Staples → Staples

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN13LA261

Nobody was injured.

The pilot’s misjudged landing flare, which resulted in a porpoised landing.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot stated that the landing approach to the hard surface runway was uneventful until the landing flare, when the airplane pitch descended below a normal flare attitude. The pilot reported that the nose landing gear “firmly” struck the runway before the main landing gear, which resulted in a bounced landing. The pilot stated that the airplane bounced a second time before he selected takeoff power and retracted the flaps to 50 percent in an attempt to abort the landing; however, the airplane did not achieve takeoff speed and subsequently departed the end of the runway and impacted a runway edge identifier light. A postaccident examination of the airframe and engine did not reveal any preimpact failures or malfunctions that would have prevented normal operation.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.